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Jpop Sekai => Non-Stop Idoling!!! => Topic started by: Ayabie on January 05, 2010, 06:41:55 PM
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Idoling!!! doing it their own way as usual. Kind of surprised, but if this means more new songs I don't really mind. :lol:
Premium + Standard + Low-price edition
http://www.jbook.co.jp/p/p.aspx/3910642/s/~jpe039 (http://www.jbook.co.jp/p/p.aspx/3910642/s/~jpe039)
Premium
http://www.jbook.co.jp/p/p.aspx/3906533/s/~jpe039 (http://www.jbook.co.jp/p/p.aspx/3906533/s/~jpe039)
Standard
http://www.jbook.co.jp/p/p.aspx/3906534/s/~jpe039 (http://www.jbook.co.jp/p/p.aspx/3906534/s/~jpe039)
Low-price
http://www.jbook.co.jp/p/p.aspx/3906535/s/~jpe039 (http://www.jbook.co.jp/p/p.aspx/3906535/s/~jpe039)
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New album in less than a year.
Surprising for me.
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Wow, a new album so soon? Been waiting for one for a while then two comes along in 4 months. Would love to see the song list now to see how many new songs we get. Has to be more than the 4 we got for Petit Petit for sure!
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"Premium + Standard + Low-price edition" makes it sound even more tempting XD Damn them!
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:shocked definitely didn't see this coming. Rushing the current lineup before the 4th gen entrance?
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:shocked definitely didn't see this coming. Rushing the current lineup before the 4th gen entrance?
This actually sounds likely. They did just have an album with this lineup, though. Whatever. The album exclusives kind of sucked. Hopefully this one will be a lot better.
And I guess this might be a flag as to when we can see 4th gen?
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(http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/5307/43665.jpg)
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The typography needs more effort, but I really like the main picture. Puzzling why Asahi and Rurika are the only ones glancing at a different direction, though. :lol:
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That cover gives me a headache for some reason. Like the photoshopped picture of some woman with 2 sets of eyes and 2 mouths. Cool concept, though.
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the bottom part of the pic is so... looking like something done in a rush. I sure hope its the premium version cover, and hopefully the regular version is cooler :cow:
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Standard edition:
(http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/6567/pcca03107.th.jpg) (http://img4.imageshack.us/i/pcca03107.jpg/)
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I'm already looking at the version I'm going to buy.
Wow, Endou looks damn hot! :shocked being in the center and all. Idoling!!! needs someone who really knows their way around with photoshop / photo editing... but for now, this cover is win.
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That cover makes me want to replay Star ocean the last hope on my 360 :lol:
they're so pretty there :love:
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Premium Edition cover, drawn by Hiro Mashima (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiro_Mashima)
(http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/4404/newslargeidolingsunrise.jpg)
http://natalie.mu/comic/news/show/id/27059 (http://natalie.mu/comic/news/show/id/27059)
all version covers are pretty cool :doh:
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^ its cool alrite, but damn I can't tell who's who >.>
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Premium Edition cover, drawn by Hiro Mashima (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiro_Mashima)
[img]http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/4404/newslargeidolingsunrise.jpg[img]
http://natalie.mu/comic/news/show/id/27059 (http://natalie.mu/comic/news/show/id/27059)
all version covers are pretty cool :doh:
Without see the standard edition cover, I only can recognize Amimi at top left and Umeko at bottom. :P
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Well, this is pretty disappointing... Bolded are the new songs not counting the remixes. #9 has Masuno written all over it, though, so there's still a little bit of excitement left for me.
01. Prologue ～reminiscent of moonlight～
02. SUNRISE
03. 機種変エクスタシィ
04. 手のひらの勇気
05. U
06. 砂時計
07. Snow celebration -everlasting story-
08. 3度目の記念日
09. 等・等・等 等のSONG
10. ラブマジック♥フィーバー ～ラブラブマジックハイパーミックス～
11. 放課後テレパシィ ～居残り補習Mix～
12. レイニィガール
13. Don't be afraid -Director's cut-
14. S.O.W. センスオブワンダー
http://blog.fujitv.co.jp/idoling/E20100203002.html (http://blog.fujitv.co.jp/idoling/E20100203002.html)
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Horrible. :/
I guess they're using the albums to help newcomers or something?
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I'm a little disappointed about the lack of new songs, but after the first two albums, I wasn't expecting to see a lot of new songs on the third. Idoling!!! seems to treat their B-sides more like A-sides. I don't know of any other group that uses all of their B-sides at concerts.
I'm most disappointed about the Snow celebration remake. I know it's the fans' favorite song, but come on... It doesn't need to be re-released twice. :banghead:
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The lack of new songs is disappointing. However! Since I haven't actually bought any of the singles it's pretty tempting.
The Premium edition comes with bonus DVD, photo book, and a trading card (and a B2 sized poster if you order from CDJ)! That's pretty much all the bonuses in one package! Not digging the cover that much, since I can't tell who is who :nervous
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アイドリング!!!の新曲「SUNRISE」を紹介する12号河村唯ちゃん (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGccgROqOVs#)
アイドリング!!!の新曲「3度目の記念日」を紹介する12号河村唯ちゃん (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5igCbC67pG4#)
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^ 3do me no kinenbi :pimp: slow song, good vocals & music :thumbsup
also, i like the beat of track 6 (sunadokei) 8)
ra.ra.ra. ra no SONG is like hardcore/industrial music :rockon:
now SUNRISE has grow on me. :)
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HOLY SHITTT! WTF is that la la la la no song XD XD XD
with that kind of title, i expect some typical bouncy idol pop song, turns out it made my jaw dropped for the entire preview XD :rockon:
woohooo!!! being quite the metal head, it really clicked on my ear! :grin: :rockon:
Is that Maipuru doing the opera like vocal :shocked:
and who's the male voice?? :lol:
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That'd be Masuno of course. :P La La La is written by him.
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HOLY SHITTT! WTF is that la la la la no song XD XD XD
with that kind of title, i expect some typical bouncy idol pop song, turns out it made my jaw dropped for the entire preview XD :rockon:
woohooo!!! being quite the metal head, it really clicked on my ear! :grin: :rockon:
Thanks for making me check out the song! Pretty awesome that an idol group isn't afraid of doing some heavier songs :rockon:
It's totally nu-metal, which I'm not that big on, but it's still cool :twothumbs
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I was holding back from listening to previews, but reading here I had to go and listen to la la la la no song. :shocked
now the next live is going to literally rock even harder than before! :pimp:
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Here's one more preview:
Love Magic Fever ~Love Magic Hyper Mix~ (Radio Pre... (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xcf6oc)
Not gonna bother posting this one on Acchi Muite Pie!!! since the album comes out in a few days.
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SUNRISE leaked already
http://www.mediafire.com/?tzzdvtgzyat (http://www.mediafire.com/?tzzdvtgzyat)
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Has anyone followed their Oricon ranking? I checked on their release date and they were #7. They weren't high enough to list their sales numbers, and I forgot to check since. Hopefully Sunrise improves on whatever Petit-Petit did. I know it's the AKB era, but Idoling!!! has improved a lot; it would suck if their fan base isn't growing.
I should have went with the premium edition. For some reason my logic at the time was: 2 photocards > 1 Mini photobook. Must have been temporary insanity - mini photobook is always better than photo cards. Especially since I didn't get a Rurika or Tonooka card *stupid guy or robot who packed my cd* Ami and Hitomi are cool though :thumbup
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v387/qwiksXnd/ami1e.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v387/qwiksXnd/ami2e.jpg)
Bonus poster from cdjapan. I really love their posters, S.O.W. one was great too.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v387/qwiksXnd/snrzx-1.jpg)
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I do still like photocards but you really need those in a set, not just two! Nice poster that comes with CDJapan. I should start shopping with them so I can get myself one of those next time:)
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wha?? You can get a bonus poster through CDJapan??? :shocked I've been using only amazon all these while.... :banghead:
Princess Hii looks amazing there! Now I'm really wondering which member am I getting....
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^ You know how Tower Records, HMV, Shinseido, and Tsutaya get special sleeves with every Idoling!!! release? Some of the other retailers get bonus posters--one of which is Neowing AKA CDJapan... I'm always tempted to order from CDJapan for the posters, but I always end up ordering from HMV because they often have discounts if you buy multiple items (which, by the way, saved me 6300 yen on Idoling!!! Season 5 :D). Plus, last time I checked, HMV's shipping had a better cost/speed balance for me (east coast United States). So, I have the premium and standard editions on the way from HMV. I really only wanted the premium edition, but they just had to make the DVD different in the standard edition. XD
Here's my track-by-track review of this album:
Prologue ～reminiscent of moonlight～ / SUNRISE - Prologue has a nice beat to it, and I like how it leads straight into SUNRISE (but my iPod doesn't, so it puts a little gap between the two songs). SUNRISE is a nice, upbeat song to kick off the album, but I don't find it really special. It is a very good album track, but it's not a song I would listen to over and over again. Maybe it's because of the other album tracks, but this one just didn't have much impact.
Kishuhen Ecstasy - I thought this song was just OK at first, but I really started liking it after seeing the 7th live. This song has that pop-rockish Idoling!!! feel that we've all grown to love over the years. I have always found this song kind of funny because of the fast talking parts, and it's even funnier hearing them try to pull that off live.
Te no Hira no Yuuki - Honestly, this is the type of song that I would normally find kind of boring. But, for some reason, I really like this song. Maybe it's because it has Maipuru and Rurika... Maybe it's that funny one-armed dance... Maybe it's that tempo change near the end that makes you start bouncing around like they do in the PV.
U - I'm normally not a big fan of ballads, but this one is pretty good. A lot of ballads have a quiet instrumental that tries to put more focus on the vocals, but this one has a relatively powerful instrumental. I know about the whole in-school/not-in-school split for this song and Houkago Telepathy, but come on, did they really have to put Yazawa in this song?
Sunadokei - I think this one kind of flew under the radar while I drooling over another track on the album, but this song is hot. It has a cool beat that keeps me bouncing while I'm listening to it, and the vocals are great. The tempo change in the middle of the song was a little strange, but I like it. I think this is my 2nd favorite track on the album.
Snow celebration -everlasting story- - It's Snow celebration... again... I like the song, but not that much. Yeah, it has a new arrangement and new lyrics, but it's still Snow celebration. But, now I can't sing along with it because I don't know the new lyrics. I didn't agree with it being voted as the #1 Idoling!!! song (I voted for Ganbare Otome), and I really don't agree with it getting a re-release on both a single and an album. Again, I still like the song, but it's probably my least favorite track on the album.
3-dome no Kinenbi - Another ballad, but this time, they picked the right people: Endo, Tonooka, Fonchi, Yokoyama, Kawamura, and Asahi. OK, maybe I could do without Fonchi and Asahi, but they've both proven to be pretty solid singers recently, so I don't mind them being there. I just hope this group can pull this one off live because it sounds like a challenging song.
La・La・La La no SONG - For me, this is THE song of the album right here. Masuno is a genius. Idols doing heavy metal? You've got to be kidding me. Idoling!!! is the idol group that just keeps pushing the limits. I'm not even a big fan of heavy metal, but just the idea of a bunch of cute girls singing a metal song is AWESOME! I'm not 100% sure who does the opera singing in the middle, but the more I listen to it, the more it sounds like Yazawa to me. I just wonder how they're gonna perform this one live. It'll probably be a comedic performance like the last two Masuno-gumi (I love that term) songs, but I kind of want to see them take this one seriously with a really cool choreography. It could be the performance that puts this group on the map.
Love Magic♥Fever ~Love Love Magic Hyper Mix~ - The placement of this song is hilarious. You go from heavy metal to a really happy and hyper song. Love Magic Fever is a great song, and the new instrumental is awesome. Honestly, I think they made this version because it sounds more like something that's playable by the live band.
Houkago Telepathy ~Inokori Hoshuu Mix~ - The only difference between this and the original Houkago Telepathy is the talking at the end. I liked the original, so it's not that big a deal, but I find it strange that they gave it a new title, especially when Beta na Shitsuren on Petit-Petit had talking at the end, but didn't have a different title. (I know the talking had more to do with Royal Milk Girl, but still...) I love the part near the end of the song where it slows down and then speeds back up. I always want to pick up a towel and start swinging it around during the last part.
Rainy Girl - This is a really nice and relaxing song. I have a 2.1 speaker system connected to my computer, and that subwoofer always makes my desk vibrate just a tiny bit during the beginning of this song. It's kind of funny how such a mellow song hits the bass so hard. By the way, in case anyone was under the impression that this was a Tokimeki Idoling!!! song (as I was), this is actually a full-group song. I really love the part after the instrumental break where Tonooka and Yokoyama trade lines.
Don't be afraid -Director's cut- - Here's an idea... Let's take all of the solo lines and make them group lines. In other words, let's take the parts that make this song special and make them not-so-special. Yeah, whoever came up with that idea is an idiot. The most amazing part of this song is Rurika's long solo part, and they just did away with it. There's also a little extra music at the end... Big whoop... They took a great song and made it a good song. This was almost as big a disappointment as Snow celebration, but I still like this song better, so it's my 2nd least favorite track on the album.
S.O.W. Sense of Wonder - It's Sense of Wonder. What more can I say? At least it's a change of pace as far as ending tracks on Idoling!!! albums. Instead of closing with a slower track like Daiji na Mono and Petit-Petit, SUNRISE ends with a high-energy bang by closing with one of Idoling!!!'s best-selling singles. I've grown to like this song a lot more after hearing it so many times.
Overall, I thought this was a great album. I know we all complained about the lack of new tracks on the album, but after hearing the radio previews, all of my complaints went right out the window. The last time I remember being this excited to hear an album was when I first entered J-Pop fandom in 2003 and Morning Musume's No.5 just came out. Even though we only got 4 new tracks, I think they're all very high-quality tracks, probably better than some of Idoling!!!'s singles. I know I listed Snow celebration and Don't be afraid as my least favorite tracks on the album, but that sounds harsher than it really is. They're both still good songs, and I still find both very enjoyable.
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Which means there are posters given out for singles too? Need to change stores... having a collection of posters is just awesome compared to printing them yourself T_T
thanks to all for the info
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Got my premium edition in the mail today from YesAsia. Packages usually take 2-3 weeks to get here, so I was shocked (and happy) when this arrived in less than a week.
The photobook is very nice, really classy photos, and there's several separate group photos included as well. The card I got was Aichan, so overall I'm superhappy today :P
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SUNRISE on #14 weekly oricon chart with 11281 copies.
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How much did Petit-Petit sell? I have a feeling that's a lot more than what Petit-Petit sold.
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How much did Petit-Petit sell? I have a feeling that's a lot more than what Petit-Petit sold.
yup
Petit-Petit was #17 with 8448 copies
http://www.oricon.co.jp/search/result.php?kbn=ja&types=rnk&year=2009&month=8&week=5&submit5.x=26&submit5.y=17 (http://www.oricon.co.jp/search/result.php?kbn=ja&types=rnk&year=2009&month=8&week=5&submit5.x=26&submit5.y=17)
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Sunadokei with its jazzy sound and la la la no song is just fuckin great!
La la la's interlude which consist of the opera vocal and the hardcore riffs is quite posibly one of the best idol music piece i've ever heard :rockon:
Really, that two song alone makes it worth buying the album :twothumbs
the intro and sunrise is great too! and i love the transition between the two :D
Great album! they get better with every new album! :w00t:
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OKAY I FINALLY LISTENED TO THE ALBUM! Here's a review I wrote for my dinky little Idoling!!! thread on MM-BBS. I might as well post it here too!
1. Prologue -reminiscent of moonlight-
I do not get the point of these kind of album openers. Petit-Petit's album opening sounded like it was going to be an AMAZING track and then it just broke into about a minute of the girls giggling and going "PUCHI PUCHI~~~~~~~ DAISUKI~~~~~" and it pissed me the hell off. This is no different. This sounds like it could be an amazing song. What a waste.
2. SUNRISE
I like this! It's not anything that I'm going to be playing on repeat for days like Kishuhen Ecstacy or U, but it's a good song. Sounds like Perfume maybe? But without the vocoding. Good mood-setter.
3. Kishuhen Ecstacy
I am appalled and fully against including B-sides in albums but sdfljhdsfkjasdghkfeshyksefu this song is incredible. Erica is so perfect for this song. The Hitomi/Serina/Kaede group is weird and sounded FUCKING HORRIBLE live, but this song, man. This fucking song. This is what I love about Idoling!!!. The weird funky but catchy as hell songs they put out. Like Soushokukei Carnival. Why do all of Idoling!!!'s awesome songs have to be hidden as B-sides. It pisses me off. Everyone, if you're going to download this album and forget to listen to it, please at LEAST take a listen to this song. I KNOW YOU KNOW KISHUHEN EKUSUTASHII
4. Te no Hira no Yuuki (Tokimeki Idoling!!!)
:wub: :wub: :wub: So many people find this song a borefest, but I love everything about it. I love the goofy one-handed dance, I love the swaying, I love that little SWOOOOSH sound effect, I love their outfits, I love the lyrics, I love the softness. It's just such a nice song. So cheery and good.
5. U
FUCKING THIS SONG AS WELL. This, along with Kishuhen Ecstacy and Soushokukei Carnival is one of Idoling!!!'s best songs that is tacked on as a B-side despite being miles better than the A-side. I don't have much to say, since this song is pretty old, but it's a beautiful saddish song, which I don't think Idoling!!! has ever really done? It works really well. Pleeease listen to this song, too. It's great.
6. Sunadokei
Their voices sound really weird and processed here. And WOAH THIS CHORUS IS COOL. With a title that means "Hourglass", I was expecting a really boring ballad, but this is a nice surprice! This is such a neo-Idoling!!! song. This reminds me of how much Idoling!!!'s music style has changed for the better. Daiji na Mono was a collection of nice, but bland and typical idol songs, but this has an actual style to it. If I didn't know any better and listened to Daiji na Mono and SUNRISE back to back, I'd think they were two different groups. I like the feeling of listening to this song and going "THIS is an Idoling!!! song" instead of "THIS is something I've heard way too many times." Good song.
7. Snow celebration -everlasting story-
I'm sooo on the fence with this. Most of Idoling!!'s remixes (See: fucking all of Petit-Petit) are basically undistinguishable from the original and complete ripoffs, but this is a complete re-recording, re-arranged, and has slightly different lyrics. I'm not sure I like this style. I would have preferred something more hyper, considering this was the B-side to Love Magic Fever. Not bad though!
8. 3 do Me no Kinenbi
This is... relaxing? Oh. Nice chorus. This kind of reminds me of U? But it's quite different. This is nice. Not much to say. It sounds really nice. What the hell is with this album. Petit-Petit sucked ASS and this album's album songs are all really good so far. What the hell happened? I have a feeling they won't be able to sing a lot of these songs very well live, though. U gets a bit iffy at time, and U has mostly girls who are competent with singing. Whatever.
9. La-La-La La no Love Song
And now we break up my chill mood with some FUCKING METAL that Masuno wrote. Cool. I know every other Idoling!!! fan shat themselves over this, but I'm not liking this that much. It's different, but it's... boring? Idols singing rock shouldn't be boring. They sound bored and there's no real chorus. Masuno sounds funny in the background, though. Royal Milk Girl was way better. And Daiba no Koi no Monogatari was even better than that. What happened? I stopped listening half-way through. :/
10. Love♥Magic Fever ~Love Love Magic Hyper Mix~ (Puyo Puyo Idoling!!!)
Not as hyper as I expected! Less hyper than the original! But I like it! It's like, half re-arranged or something? It sounds like they took out half of the arrangement, added some effects, and turned up the background vocals. I like that. I have a weird fascination with backup vocals, and it's a lot more work than they did with Petit-Petit's remixes. Serina's line still makes me want to punch her. That is all.
11. Houkago Telepathy ~Inokori Hoshu Mix~
This is also a very Idoling!!! song, but I do not like it at ALLLLLLLLL. Probably because it's paired with U, a fucking amazing song. But still. It's like a bad version of Kajuu 30% Orange Juice Tsubutsubu Iri. The remix itself... sounds like it got almost the same treatment as Love Magic Fever? Maybe? No backup vocals. Song sucks. Skipped halfway through.
12. Rainy Girl (Tokimeki Idoling!!!)
Hmmmm. I am on the fence with this. It does have a really "Rainy Day" feeling, and that's nice, I guess? I haven't really listened to this song much, because I ignored it for its A-side (Te no Hira no Yuuki), but now that I listen to it again, it's quite a good song. I like the arrangement a lot. Relaxing.
13. Don't be afraid -Director's cut-
...What is the "Director's cut" part of this? Oh wait, is the line distribution different? Did they fucking re-record parts of this? What is this. Something sounds different, but I can't put my finger on it. Like Shokugyou: Idol's "remix". What is going on here. Most of this sounds exactly the same as the original, but maybe slightly different? Is this because I'm wearing headphones? WAIT WHAT THE FUCK DID THEY DO TO RURIKA'S SOLO WHO THE FUCK DID THIS SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET A KICK TO THE FUCKING BALLS FUCK THIS SHIT THIS PART SUCKS :((( WHERE IS RURIKA. This is a good song but WHERE IS RURIKA'S AWESOME SOLO. Oh the ending is really cool. I like that. But still, stop playing, you bitches. Give me Rurika's solo back. For real.
14. S.O.W. Sense of Wonder
Yesssssssss. Great album closer. It sounds like it's signaling a regime change (Climb up the idol ladder?) for Idoling!!! I love this song. It's so happy. It makes me happy. I love Idoling!!!. One thing though, this sounds... somewhat different from the original? Is this a bad rip? Was the original single a bad rip? Is this because my ears hurt and I'm tired? I dunno. Good song. LET'S WONDERING!!!
Overall thoughts:
PLEASANTLY SURPRISED. I put off listening to this for SO LONG and had SUCH LOW EXPECTATIONS after the ABORTION that was Petit-Petit. This is soooo much better. THIS is the Idoling!!! that I love. Not some no-effort single "remixes" and shitty tacked-on filler songs. This is a GOOD ALBUM from beginnig to end. Love Song sucks, Houkago Telepathy sucked in the first place, and someone deserves to have their balls ripped off for taking away my Rurika solo, but other than that, this is VERY GOOD. I am happy. Hopefully they keep up this momentum with 4th gen having joined now. I'm excited to see what Idoling!!!'s going to do next. :>
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I do not get the point of these kind of album openers. Petit-Petit's album opening sounded like it was going to be an AMAZING track and then it just broke into about a minute of the girls giggling and going "PUCHI PUCHI~~~~~~~ DAISUKI~~~~~" and it pissed me the hell off. This is no different. This sounds like it could be an amazing song. What a waste.
:lol: Thank god, i wasn't the only one with that kind of reaction. I was wondering if i was being a fan of a wrong group after hear petit-peit opening.
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Always being one for the high-level, intellectual analysis of things musical... :oops:
On the DVD with the Premium edition, in the performance - the girls spend a while getting excited about someone's sox - which the cameraman focuses on up close but the editors have censored! :shocked
Can someone please give us nihongo wa hanashimasen types a quick low-down on wtf is going on there? Like, what was on the sox?
See - told you my contribution would really set the standard! :wth
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3do me no kinenbi :thumbsup I love this song!
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Can someone please give us nihongo wa hanashimasen types a quick low-down on wtf is going on there? Like, what was on the sox?
There's nothing wrong on the sock, I think it's just a sponsor problem.
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Substantially, I feel the 3rd album is better than 2nd album, because most song's melody of 3nd album is easy remember!
Because I usually use headphone or earphone to listen music, so I'm wondering which headphone/earphone is BEST for listen Idoling!!!'s song???
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SUNRISE CD BOOKLET
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SUNRISE PREMIUM BONUS PHOTOBOOK
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Substantially, I feel the 3rd album is better than 2nd album, because most song's melody of 3nd album is easy remember!
Because I usually use headphone or earphone to listen music, so I'm wondering which headphone/earphone is BEST for listen Idoling!!!'s song???
hehehe..
nice question..
i prefer Sennheiser HD555 for listening music...or u can trying AKG K 271 MK II...
:nervous :nervous :nervous
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Substantially, I feel the 3rd album is better than 2nd album, because most song's melody of 3nd album is easy remember!
Because I usually use headphone or earphone to listen music, so I'm wondering which headphone/earphone is BEST for listen Idoling!!!'s song???
hehehe..
nice question..
i prefer Sennheiser HD555 for listening music...or u can trying AKG K 271 MK II...
:nervous :nervous :nervous
Thanks for suggestion! I only tried some audio-technica's headphone, it's pretty sound for female voice.
Finially I take some photos of the SUNRISE album:
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Thanks for suggestion! I only tried some audio-technica's headphone, it's pretty sound for female voice.
Finially I take some photos of the SUNRISE album:
(http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1278/4596651326_de13a8d4ed.jpg)(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4005/4596040735_dd3d33c978.jpg)
hehhe..
nice headphone man... :thumbup :thumbup :thumbup
very nice i think..
because audio-techina is one of product that using for monitoring recording...
and i think that headphone is good quality...
:yossi:
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I have been meaning to write a review of this since I got the album back in March but never got around to doing it. But here is finally...:
Prologue ～reminiscent of moonlight～ - It is kinda ok. Nothing special
SUNRISE – Nice track. Nothing special to be honest
Kishuhen Ecstasy – I first heard of this song when watching the live clip at the beginning of an Idoling!!! Episode. Man, it rocks. I actually don’t know if I will like this song as much if I have not seen the performance first but I really am in love. It’s just so catchy
Te no Hira no Yuuki – I really prefer this to the more energetic Love Magic, probably because most of my favourite members are in the team:)
U – Very peaceful and pleasant to one to listen to for sure.
Sunadokei – Thought it’s ok. Doesn’t stand out to me much.
Snow celebration -everlasting story- Never a big fan of remix of songs from previous album. Feel a bit like a cop-out and just pure filler
3-dome no Kinenbi – Love this song. I am a sucker for good ballad and this one is right up there. Very catchy chorus and good harmony all the way through. Nice to hear the live version of this in the 8th concert too. It's just great to see that the girls have definitely come a long way from the early days as seen in Idoling!!! shows circa 2007:)
La・La・La La no SONG – Originally thought it’s one quirky song. Pretty different from anything else out there but it is very refreshing to have this in there though. This seems like a tradition now to have Masuno penning something out of the left-field and add it in. Seeing this live in the 8th concert just makes me appreciate the song so much more though! Anyone who may not enjoy the song just listening to it should go check out that performance (Maipuru totally rocks!)
Love Magic♥Fever ~Love Love Magic Hyper Mix~ - I like the random words/sentences they say throughout. Another amazingly energetic track and catchy as hell.
Houkago Telepathy ~Inokori Hoshuu Mix~ - What a contrast to U! This is what I love about Idoling!!!, the amount of contrast it can put out. Typical energetic song put out by the group but I can’t get enough of this type anyway so it’s all good.
Rainy Girl – Would like to echo what Special Need Tricycle mentioned in his review, this really does give a ‘rainy girl’ feel so I guess it succeeds!
Don't be afraid -Director's cut- - Another great song. I do miss the solos that they fo some reason decide to cut out though!
S.O.W. Sense of Wonder – Nice energetic and catchy one to close out the album.
I typically find B-sides in an album more palatable because I can actually restrain myself from listening to it until I got the cd hence to me it is like a new track. Out of all the purely new tracks, apart from Sandome no Kinenbi which I love, I find the rest just so-so. Overall, I really like this album a lot. I love their previous two albums and can certainly count this one as so far my favourite album of 2010:)
PS. It is probably also the first album since I still listened to CD in a stereo (about 8 years back) that I got around to listening to in a non-shuffle order!
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I'm always shocked... appalled? when people say that SUNRISE and Sunadokei aren't really special songs. I 100% thought the complete opposite. I felt those songs took Idoling!!!'s music to a whole new level of pop. The writing on both songs is top-notch; very rich and complex. A mix as thick as icing with a beautiful array of tasty instruments and vocal tricks.
SUNRISE :: Electronic, futuristic, very sparkly and shiny. Totally matches the album theme / art. The sound effects remind me of giant machines swooping through the air, pistons moving back and forth. The mid-section comes out of nowhere and delivers a string of sexy solos against a powerful background progression and somehow seamlessly glides right back into the original feel.
Sunadokei :: A very summery, island-esque song (despite the fact that the lyrics mention "looking up at the winter sky") that was a surprise for me. This song is ballsy. It delves into a style that Idoling's never touched before and did it with class and sophistication. A nice solid rhythm, a piano solo and subtle programming tricks give the song such a unique character. The mid-section is my highlight of the song. The girls all trade solo lines against a bittersweet backing while a reverse-delay guitar effect mimics time passing and reversing. To cap it all off, a solid ending by Tachibana.
SUNRISE, Sunadokei and 3 Dome no Kinenbi were the three samples from the album that were featured on Acchi Muite Pie! a few days before its release and had me crazy excited about the album. I don't think I need to say much about 3 Dome no Kinenbi; we all know that song is solid as diamond.
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Idoling!!! will release "SUNRISE" Taiwan Limited Edition in Taiwan at 11Feb2011.
Update on 28-1-2011:
I found the tracklist of the SUNRISE Taiwan Limited Edition from some Taiwan website (http://www.g-music.com.tw/ECProduct.aspx?ProductID=4715202207282), it's just same as Standard Edition except the bouns track "eve" in the DVD disc, although it's a Taiwan Edition, but the DVD have not any chinese subtitle, it's so disappointed.
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Probably pointless to write a review of an album that came out a year ago, but I feel the need to release some inner-thoughts while anticipating the upcoming new single and album, so here it is, sort of closing the chapter before getting ready for the next one type of thing.
Prologue-reminiscent of moonlight- - I like the dramatic yet serene melody that fittingly segues into the first track, but it would be a stretch to deem the prologue as the overall tone-setter for the entire album, I'm somewhat indifferent on it as a stand-alone track, and would leave it at that.
SUNRISE - Its unexpected techno-pop sound & high tempo caught me by surprise a bit especially after the prologue, this is the type of a song where you would unconsciously snap your fingers and bobble your head to the snazzy beat to, but not overly pronounced that you'd get tired of listening to it after a while. I felt that this track was holding back a little and didn't fully realize its full potential, so it leaves me a bit stranded inside, but it's certainly one of the better songs on this album.
Kishuhen Ecstasy - Upbeat & high tempo right from the beginning, it almost seems as if this track is trying to pick up the slack left by SUNRISE, and while it succeeds at grabbing immediate attention with energetic sound, I felt that it was too intrusive to the ear, and leaves very little impression other than the constant repeats of the song's chorus. I don't find myself listening to this song much after a year because of its excessively aggressive chorus that gets old real fast.
Te no Hira no Yuuki - To me there are two kinds of ballads, a boring one and not a boring one. Unfortunately, this song falls into the first category, where the melody just felt too soft and plain to my ears. Many ballads also make a mistake where they don't emphasize the vocal part enough, and when that happens the song just feels flat and generic. Singing ballads in a casual tone rarely captures my heart, and this one is no exception.
U - Having said what I've said about the previous track, I should like this song because U certainly has the members singing their hearts out with full emotion in their vocals, but for some reason I just can't get into it, something about this song just makes me cringe, maybe it's because they are trying too hard to sound sad or something. I can't stand superficial sadness if you know what I mean, and with U, this is too much forced sadness in my face which I'm not very susceptible towards. U is not a bad ballad per say, but I just don't feel fully connected to it. There's a very delicate and precise balance within a ballad that has to take place for the song to grab me, it's very difficult to explain...but when it does, I just know it like a second nature instinct.
Sunadokei - This is a very odd track, I don't know if I should listen to it with or without any emotional element. Either way, the melody feels very foreign to me for an Idoling song, whether that is good or bad really depends on the type of music one prefers I would think, I guess this is an ok song, it is unique and sounds snazzy in a way, although I don't know if I like this type of melody as much as say SUNRISE. It's a very peculiar track so I'm not sure how I should categorize it, I just don't think it packs enough punch to be considered as one of Idoling's standouts, so it probably falls somewhere in the middle in overall appeal.
Snow celebration -everlasting story - Never liked the original version, and this one is no exception. To me this song tries to do too much. And this ballad also makes the same mistake by using casual vocals. But maybe it is just me, I really can't stand this type of ceremonial songs.
3-dome no Kinenbi - Yes! Yes!! Yes!!! The music gods have finally awarded me with a golden ballad, it is almost a shame that this song is recorded onto an idol group's album because this song should be considered a solo artist's premiere ballad. This song ranks right up there with any great ballads in terms of composition, vocal harmony, vocal execution, and simply grabbing my heart with full force that I would weep like a little girl on those occasions where I feel emotionally vulnerable. The vocal execution is simply fantastic, just the right amount of assertiveness in tone forms a perfect harmony with the soundtrack, every part of the song feels so natural and perfect, and my goodness the ending melody is simply magnificent, something I've never heard in a song before, it adds precisely what it needs without being too much or too simple, I could listen to this song every day and it would still give me goosebumps. This is the type of song that music enthusiasts yearn to get in touch with on a lifelong basis.
La・La・La La no SONG - Surprisingly high quality and unique for a toy song written by Masuno, probably the best one out of the bunch that he has written for Idoling, however the vocals are simply too playful for my taste. I can tolerate anything in music style except for rap and metal, and this track is sort of a metal rock, but not hardcore enough to automatically dislike, but I would be fooling myself if I would rank this anywhere at the top. I do occasionally feel like listening to it, but no more than that, it's not a bad song, but not something I would be inclined to praise either.
Love Magic♥Fever ~Love Love Magic Hyper Mix~ - Yeah not my type of song, too much sugar candy.
Houkago Telepathy ~Inokori Hoshuu Mix~ - Less sugar candy, but still not my type of song.
Rainy Girl - It's a very decent ballad, but the downfall is that it sounds very generic, and the vocal tone is a bit too casual as well, this ballad could've been very dramatic if the tempo was slower, and the vocals were more aggressive. But it's probably too much to ask for two miracle ballads in one album so I digress...
Don't be afraid -Director's cut - One day I'd like to know why they revise the songs like this where it's different from the single version, but I must say the new ending part is definitely a plus. I rather like this song because it has a little bit of everything without having an identity crisis.
S.O.W. Sense of Wonder - Although it's a bit too pop-ish for my taste, this song has the best overall balance and substance, and definitely worthy of being a single A-side. I like the snappy composition, cheerful vocals with a touch of a ballad-element to it, and that youthful energy in that contemporary Jpop tone without excessive sugar candy. I would almost put this song on the miracle level as well, it's a very polished song without being too superficial, and that's very hard to execute.
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No news whatsoever about their 'SUNRISE' release event in Taiwan? :huhuh
EDIT: Nevermind, just saw it on Idoling discussion thread :P
IDOLING!!! in TAIWAN (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Geau7lIvIdk#)
2011.02.13.idoling 2.3GP (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTbA1f0agSA#)
idoling!!!(美女甜甜圈)來台接機 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9hULpQV-78#ws)
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Just purchase the Taiwan special version of SUNRISE. As I said before, it's same as the standard version from Japan release execpt the cd have a bonus track "eve", in addition it including a chinese translation leaf and a eve cover photo sticker.